Just getting bi-focals one learns that "sight" is relative (in this case, to where one's nose is pointed).

It's going to take a bit of getting used to.

Privacy

It's hard to believe that Republicans are trying to make wiretapping laws permenant. There is nothing wrong with law enforcement having to get judicial approval to place a wiretap. In fact, I  have a hard time believing we would even allow it as a temporary measure.

If the law cannot prove to a judge the necessity of placing a tap, what possible reason can they have for placing it? Without a check in place, this power could devestate personal freedoms. Terrorism can come in the form of government invasion of privacy...